poor taste, in



poor taste, in

Also, in bad taste. Not suitable, unseemly, offensive, as in His criticism of the Pope was in poor taste, or That television interview was in very bad taste. These idioms use taste in the sense of "discernment of what is appropriate."
See also: poor

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
FrannieFRAN-eeEnglish
Harshad-Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Manlio-Italian
Traherne-Welsh
Biel-Catalan
GrahamGRAY-əm, GRAMScottish, English